MUST HAVE MAC APPS: GAMING

1. Steam

It may not be a game, but you can find hundreds of great Mac games on the Steam store. Steam brings PC’s biggest gaming platform to the Mac! Download your games to your mac and play against your PC friends in multiplayer games.

4. Touchgrind

Just like in real skateboarding or fingerboarding, Touchgrind is a game of skill that takes 10 minutes to understand but weeks practice to master. The innovative finger controls together with true physics simulation let you pull off tricks like ollies, shuvits, kickflips, heelflips, impossibles, 5-0, 50-50, crooks, smithgrinds, boardslides, tailslides, darkslides etc in endless combinations.

5. Dirt 2

Take on the world in 9 stunning locations and 100+ thrilling events across the globe. DiRT 2 combines eye-popping extreme motor sports with classic rally events in a wheel-spinning, nerve-jangling package that’s the most fun you can have on four wheels and a Mac. DiRT 2 is based around a career mode. Play as a rookie determined to make your name in off-road racing. Start off in fledgling events and race your way up to mix it with the pros in the X Games.

7. Chopper 2

Escort a convoy of vehicles across the desert, or defend a train from enemies emerging from underground mines. Use your laser sight to line up enemies emerging from stairwells in the city. Chase down lines of enemy tanks and choppers while avoiding heat seeking missiles, gunfire and bird strike. Help your allies defend against advancing armies, and rescue stranded civilians, all while trying to complete your mission as fast as possible for the highest score.

8. Portal 1 & 2

Portal is a fun game that comprises of a series of puzzles that must be solved by teleporting your character and simple objects using "the handheld portal device", a device that can create inter-spatial portals between two flat planes. Available on Steam.

9. X-Plane

X-Plane is a terrific flight simulator for the Mac. It features tons of aircraft models as well as full scenery of the world. Its definitely worth checking out if you're a serious flight simulator enthusiast. X-Plane 10 ships on 8 DVD's.